Ezekiel 23

1 Yahweh said to me,

Naʻe toe hoko foki ʻae folofola ʻa Sihova kiate au, ʻo pehē,

2 “You human, [listen to this parable about Jerusalem and Samaria]. Once there were two women, daughters of the same mother.

“Foha ʻoe tangata, naʻe ʻi ai ʻae fefine ʻe toko ua ko e fānau ʻae faʻē pe taha:

3 They lived in Egypt. And from the time that they were young women, they became prostitutes. In that land, [men] fondled their breasts and caressed their bosoms [DOU].

Pea naʻa na fai angahala ʻi ʻIsipite; naʻa na fai angahala ʻi heʻena kei siʻi: pea naʻe fakangalemu ʻi ai honau huhu; pea fakavolu ʻi ai ʻae mataʻi huhu ʻo ʻenau kei tāupoʻou.

4 The older [sister] was Oholah, and her [younger] sister was Oholibah. [It was as though] they became my [wives. Later] they gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem.

Pea ko hona hingoa ko ʻAhola ko e taʻokete, pea mo ʻAholipa ko e tehina: pea naʻe ʻaʻaku ʻakinaua, pea naʻa na fanauʻi ʻae fānau tangata mo e fānau fefine. Pea ko hono ʻuhinga ʻo hona hingoa, ko ʻAhola ko Samēlia ia, pea ko ʻAholipa ko Selūsalema ia.

5 Oholah acted like a prostitute while she was [still] my wife. She desired to have sex with those she loved—soldiers from Assyria.

Pea naʻe fai angahala ʻa ʻAhola lolotonga naʻe ʻaʻaku pe ia; pea naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki heʻene kau mamana ko hono kaunga nofoʻanga ko e kau ʻAsilia,

6 [Some of them] were army officers and commanders. They wore [beautiful] blue [uniforms. They were] all handsome young men. Some of them rode horses.

‌ʻAkinautolu naʻe kofuʻaki ʻae kofu paʻuhiʻuhi, ʻae kau ʻeikitau mo e kau pule, ko e kau toulekeleka mo talavou ʻakinautolu kotoa pē, ko e kau heka hoosi ʻoku faʻa heka ai.

7 She acted like a prostitute toward all the important Assyrian officials, and became unacceptable to me by worshiping all the idols of the men she wanted to have sex with.

Naʻe pehē ʻene fai angahala mo kinautolu, ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ko e kau ongoongo ʻo ʻAsilia, pea mo kinautolu kotoa pē naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki ai: naʻa ne fakalielia ia mo honau ngaahi tamapua kotoa pē.

8 When she was a young woman in Egypt, she started being a prostitute, and [young] men caressed her breasts and had sex with her; and when she became older, she did not quit acting like a prostitute.

Pea naʻe ʻikai ke tuku ʻe ia ʻae fai angahala mei ʻIsipite: he naʻa nau takoto mo ia ʻi heʻene kei siʻi, naʻa nau fāʻufua ʻae huhu ʻo ʻene kei tāupoʻou, ʻonau lilingi kiate ia ʻenau feʻauaki.

9 So I allowed the Assyrian soldiers, whom she wanted to have sex with, to capture her.

Ko ia kuo u tuku ai ia ki he nima ʻo ʻene kau mamana, ki he nima ʻoe kau ʻAsila, ʻaia naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki ai.

10 They stripped all her clothes off her. They took away her sons and daughters. And then they killed her with a sword. [Other] women started talking about what had happened to her, about how she had been punished.

Ko kinautolu eni, naʻa nau fakahā ʻene telefua, pea naʻa nau toʻo ʻene fānau tangata mo ʻene fānau fefine, mo tāmateʻi ia ʻaki ʻae heletā: pea naʻa ne hoko ʻo ongoongoa ia ʻi he kakai fefine; ko e meʻa ʻi heʻenau fai ʻae fakamaau kiate ia.

11 [younger] sister Oholibah saw those [that happened to Oholah], but she was a prostitute, and she desired to have sex with men more than [older] sister had desired.

Pea ʻi he mamata ki ai ʻa hono tehina ko ʻAholipa, naʻa ne hoko ʻo fakalielia lahi hake ia ʻi heʻene holi kovi pea lahi hake ʻae fai feʻauaki ʻaʻana ʻi he feʻauaki ʻa hono taʻokete.

12 Oholibah [also] wanted to have sex with the Assyrian soldiers. [Some of them were] army officers and commanders. [They all] wore beautiful blue uniforms. They were all handsome young men. [Some of] them rode horses.

Naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki he kau ʻAsilia, ko hono kaunga nofoʻanga, ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau mo e kau pule naʻe kofu fakaʻeiʻeiki, ʻae kau tangata naʻe heka hoosi, ko e kau talavou toulekeleka kotoa pē ʻakinautolu.

13 I saw what she did that caused her to became unacceptable to me, just like [older] sister.

Pea naʻaku toki mamata kuo fakalieliaʻi ia, pea naʻa na tatau pe ʻi heʻena anga;

14 But she did [even] worse things. She saw drawings of men from Babylonia on the walls, painted in red.

Pea naʻe tupu pe ʻa ʻene fai angahala: he naʻa ne sio leva ki he fakatātā tangata naʻe tohi ʻi he holisi fale, ʻae fakatātā ki he kau Kalitia naʻe tohi ʻaki ʻae enga kulokula,

15 The [in the drawings] had belts around their waists and long turbans on their heads. They all resembled officers from Babylonia [DOU] [who rode in chariots].

Kuo nonoʻo ʻaki ʻae noʻo ʻa honau kongaloto, pea lahi ʻae teunga pulepule ʻi honau ʻulu, ʻo matamata ʻeiki kotoa pē, ʻo hangē ko e anga ʻae kau Papilone ʻi Kalitia, ko e fonua naʻa nau fānau ʻi ai:

16 As soon as she saw those drawings, she wanted to have sex with those men, and she sent messages to them in Babylonia.

Pea ʻi heʻene mamata leva ki ai ʻaki hono mata, naʻa ne manako ki ai, ʻo ne fekau ʻae kau talafekau kiate kinautolu ki Kalitia.

17 Then the soldiers from Babylonia came to her, they lay in bed with her, and they had sex with her. Then she became disgusted with them and turned away from them.

Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae kau Papilone kiate ia ki hono mohenga, ʻonau fakalielia ia ʻi heʻenau fai angahala, pea naʻe fakalielia ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea naʻe tafoki hono loto meiate kinautolu.

18 But when she continued to openly/boldly act like a prostitute [DOU], I became disgusted with her, and I rejected her like I had rejected [older] sister.

Ko ia naʻa ne fakahā ai ʻene angahala mo ne fakahā ʻene telefua: ko ia naʻe tafoki ai hoku loto ʻoʻoku meiate ia, ʻo hangē ko e tafoki hoku loto mei hono tokoua.

19 But she became even more immoral, as she remembered when she was a young woman who was a prostitute in Egypt.

Ka naʻa ne fakalahi pe ʻene feʻauaki, ʻi heʻene fakamanatu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo ʻene kei siʻi, ʻaia naʻa ne fai fakaangahala ai ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite.

20 There she wanted to have sex with those who loved her, whose genitals were [very long], like [SIM] those of donkeys, and whose sexual emissions were huge, [like] those of horses.

He naʻa ne ʻofa nanivi ki heʻenau ʻofa, ʻakinautolu ʻoku tatau honau kakano mo e kakano ʻoe ʻasi, pea tatau ʻae meʻa ʻoku haʻu mei ai mo ia ʻoku haʻu mei ha hoosi.”

21 So she desired to be immoral like she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her breasts.”

Naʻe pehē ʻa hoʻo manatuʻi ʻae fai fakalielia ʻa hoʻo kei siʻi, ʻi he fāʻufua ʻe he kau ʻIsipite ʻae mataʻi huhu ʻo hoʻo kei finemui.

22 “[represents you people of Jerusalem]. Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I will cause those [soldiers] who loved you but whom you turned away from because you became disgusted with them, to be angry with you. I will cause them to come and attack you from every side—

“Ko ia, ʻE ʻAholipa, ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; Vakai, te u langaʻi hake ho kau mamana ke tuʻu kiate koe, ʻakinautolu kuo tafoki ho loto mei ai, pea te u fakaʻefi koe ʻiate kinautolu mei he potu kotoa pē,

23 soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, [their allies] from Pekod and Shoa and [regions], and all the army of Assyria. [Yes], all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who ride in chariots, all riding on horses.

‌ʻAe kau Papilone, mo e kau Kalitia kotoa pē, ʻa Pikote, mo Soa, mo Koa, fakataha mo e kau ʻAsilia kotoa pē: ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ko e kau talavou toulekeleka, ʻae ngaahi ʻeikitau mo e kau pule, ʻae houʻeiki lahi mo ongoongo, ʻoku heka hoosi kotoa pē ʻakinautolu.

24 Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons [that will carry their army supplies]. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields, and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they [always] [their enemies].

Pea te nau haʻu kiate koe mo e saliote mo e meʻa teka, mo e ngaahi teka, pea mo e fuʻu kakai tokolahi, ʻakinautolu ʻe tuʻu ʻaki kiate koe ʻae nonoʻo, mo e pā, pea mo e tatā ki he tau: pea te u tuku ʻae fakamaau kiate kinautolu, pea te nau fakamaauʻi koe ʻo faʻifaʻiteliha pe ki ai ʻakinautolu.

25 Because I am very angry with you, I will cause them to act [very] furiously toward you. They will cut off your noses and your ears. Then, those who are still alive, they will kill with their swords. They will take away your sons and daughters, and a fire will burn up those who remain alive.

Pea ʻe ʻi ai hoku fuaʻa kiate koe, pea te nau fai fakamanavahē kiate koe: te nau motuhi ho ihu, pea mo ho telinga; pea ʻe mate ho toenga kakai ʻi he heletā: te nau ʻave hoʻo ngaahi tama mo hoʻo ngaahi taʻahine; pea ʻe fakaʻauha mālie ʻaki ʻae afi ʻa hono toe.

26 They will strip off your clothes and your fine jewelry and take them away.

Te nau toʻo foki ho ngaahi kofu meiate koe, mo ʻave hoʻo ngaahi teunga lelei.

27 In that way, I will stop all the immoral behavior that began when you became a prostitute in Egypt. You will no longer desire to do those things, or think [what you did in] Egypt.’

‌ʻE pehē ʻa ʻeku ngaohi ke tuku ʻa hoʻo fai fakalielia, mo hoʻo feʻauaki naʻe haʻu mo koe mei ʻIsipite: ko ia ʻe ʻikai toe sio ho mata kiate kinautolu, pea ʻe ʻikai te ke toe manatu ki ʻIsipite.”

28 This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I am about to allow those whom you hate, those you became disgusted with and turned away from, to capture you.

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Vakai te u tukuange koe ki he nima ʻonautolu ʻoku ke fehiʻa ki ai, ki he nima ʻonautolu kuo tafoki mei ai ho loto:

29 They will be cruel and take away everything that you have worked hard to acquire. They will leave you completely naked [DOU], and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute.

Pea te nau ngaohi koe ʻi he fehiʻa lahi, pea te nau ʻave ʻae fua kotoa pē ʻa hoʻo ngāue, pea te nau tuku koe ke ke telefua mo masiva: pea ʻe fakatelefuaʻi ʻa hoʻo fai angahala, ʻio, ʻa hoʻo fakalielia mo hoʻo feʻauaki kotoa pē.

30 It is because of what you have done that you will be punished like that; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have had sex with men of other nations, and you have caused yourselves to become unacceptable to me [worshiping] their idols.

Pea te u fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kiate koe, koeʻuhi kuo ke holi ke angahala mo e hiteni, pea koeʻuhi kuo ke fakalielia ʻaki koe ʻa honau ngaahi tamapua.

31 You have behaved [the people of Samaria, who are like] your [older] sister. So I will cause you to be punished [MET] like they were punished.’

Kuo ke ʻeveʻeva koe ʻi he hala ʻo ho tokoua; ko ia te u ʻange ai ki ho nima ʻa ʻene ipu ʻaʻana.”

32 This is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘[You will suffer like people suffer when they drink from a cup a lot of strong alcoholic drink]: [It will be as though] you will drink from the cup that the people of Samaria drank from; a big and tall cup. Because of your drinking what is in that cup, many people will scorn you and make fun of you because there is a lot of liquid in that cup.

“ʻOku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; ‘Te ke inu ke loloto mo lahi mei he ipu ʻa ho tokoua: ʻe kata manuki ʻaki koe, pea ʻe luma ʻaki koe; ʻoku lahi ʻae meʻa ʻoku ʻi ai.

33 When you become very drunk, you will become very sad, [drinking what is in] that cup [MTY] will cause you to become ruined and deserted, like what happened [MET] to [the people of] Samaria, [who are like] [MET] your sister.

“Te ke fonu koe ʻi he kona mo e mamahi, ʻi he ipu ʻoe fakaofo mo e fakaʻauha, ʻae ipu ʻa ho tokoua ko Samēlia.

34 You will drink all the liquid that is in that cup; then you will break that cup into pieces [use those pieces to] gash/cut your [because you will be very sad].’ [That will surely happen because] I, Yahweh, have said it.

‌ʻIo, te ke inu ia mo mimisi ia ke maha, pea te ke maumau ia, mo motuhi ʻaki ia ho huhu pe ʻoʻou:’ ko au Sihova ko e ʻOtua, ‘kuo u lea ki ai.’

35 Therefore, this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you have forgotten me and rejected me [IDM], you must be punished for your immoral behavior and for [like] a prostitute.’”

Ko ia ʻoku pehē ai ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua; “Koeʻuhi kuo ke fakangaloʻi au, mo ke lī atu au ki ho tuʻa, ko ia ia te ke fua ai ʻa hoʻo fakalielia mo hoʻo ngaahi feʻauaki.”

36 Yahweh said to me, “You human, you must [RHQ] [the people of those two cities represented by] Oholah and Oholibah. You must remind them of their detestable behavior:

Naʻe pehē foki ʻe Sihova kiate au; “Foha ʻoe tangata, ʻe ʻikai te ke fakamaauʻi ʻa ʻAhola mo ʻAholipa? ʻIo, fakahā ki ai ʻena fai fakalielia;

37 [It is as though the people of those cities] have committed adultery and have murdered [MTY] people. They have been unfaithful to me by [worshiping] idols. They have even sacrificed their own children, who belonged to me, to be food for their idols.

Kuo na fai ʻae tono tangata, pea ʻoku pani toto ʻa hona nima, pea kuo na fai angahala mo hona ngaahi tamapua, pea kuo na puleʻi ʻae fānau tangata naʻa na fanauʻi kiate au, ke ʻalu atu ʻi he afi ke nau ʻauha.

38 They have done [disgraceful things]: They have caused my temple to be an unacceptable place for worship, and have not respected the Sabbath days.

Kaeʻumaʻā ko au ia kuo na fai ki ai ʻae meʻa ni: kuo na fakaʻuliʻi hoku fale tapu ʻi he ʻaho pe taha, mo na maumauʻi hoku ngaahi ʻaho tapu.

39 On the same day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my temple, which caused it to be an unacceptable place for worshiping me.

He naʻe hili ʻae tāmate ʻenau fānau ki hona ngaahi tamapua, pea na omi foki ʻi he ʻaho pe ko ia ki hoku fale tapu ke fakalieliaʻi ia; pea, vakai, kuo pehē pe ʻena fai ʻi he lotolotonga ʻo hoku fale ʻoʻoku.

40 They sent messages to men [in countries] far away. And when those men arrived, [the women of those two cities] bathed themselves for them, painted their eyebrows, and put on jewelry.

Pea mo eni foki, naʻa ke ʻave ha fekau ki he kau tangata mei he mamaʻo, ʻaia ne ʻalu ki ai ʻae fekau; pea vakai, naʻa nau haʻu: ʻakinautolu naʻa ke kaukau ai koe, mo ke vali ho mata, mo ke teuteu ʻaki koe ʻae ngaahi teunga;

41 They sat on a beautiful couch, with a table in front of it on which they had put incense and [olive] oil that belonged to me.

Pea ke nofo ki he nofoʻanga fakaʻeiʻeiki, mo e palepale naʻe teuteu ʻi hono ʻao, ʻaia naʻa ke ai ki ai ʻa ʻeku meʻa namu kakala mo ʻeku lolo ʻaʻaku.

42 Soon there was a noisy crowd around them. Among the crowd there were men from Sheba who had come from the [of Arabia]. They put bracelets on the arms of the [two] sisters and put beautiful crowns on their heads.

Pea naʻe ʻi ai ʻae leʻo ʻoe fuʻu tokolahi naʻe fakafiefia mo ia: pea naʻe ʻomi fakataha mo e fuʻu tokolahi ʻae kau Sapea mei he toafa, ʻakinautolu ʻoku faʻa ʻai ʻae vesa ki honau nima, mo e pale lelei ki honau ʻulu.

43 Then I said about the woman who had become exhausted by her having sex with many men, ‘Now allow those men to act toward her as though she is a prostitute, because that is all that she is.’

Pea u toki pehē ai kiate ia naʻe motuʻa pe mo e fai angahala, He te nau fai angahala eni mo ia, pea fai ʻe ia mo kinautolu?

44 So they had sex [EUP] with those two women, Oholah and Oholibah, like men have sex with prostitutes.

Ka naʻa nau hū atu kiate ia ʻo hangē ko e ʻalu ki ha fefine feʻauaki: naʻe pehē ʻenau ʻalu atu kia ʻAhola mo ʻAholipa ʻae ongo fefine fakalielia.

45 But righteous men will condemn them to be punished, like women who commit adultery and who murder others are punished, because those women commit adultery and they murder [MTY] others.

Pea ʻe fakamaau ʻakinaua ʻe he kakai māʻoniʻoni ʻo taau mo ia kuo tono tangata, pea tatau mo e fefine kuo lilingi toto; he ko e ongo tono tangata ʻakinaua, pea ʻoku ʻi hona nima ʻae toto.”

46 So this is what [I], Yahweh the Lord, say: Bring a mob to attack Samaria and Jerusalem, and allow that mob to cause the people of those cities to be terrified, and to rob them.

He ʻoku pehē ʻe Sihova ko e ʻOtua: “Te u ʻomi ha kakai kiate kinaua, pea te u tukuange ʻakinaua ke fetukutukuʻi mo maumauʻi.

47 The mob will throw stones at [to kill them]; they will cut them into pieces with their swords, they will kill their sons and daughters, and burn down their houses.

Pea ʻe lisingi ʻaki ʻakinaua ʻae maka ʻe he kakai, pe tui ʻaki ʻenau heletā; te nau tāmateʻi ʻena fānau tangata mo ʻena fānau fefine, pea tutu ʻaki ʻae afi ʻa honau fale.

48 In that way I will cause them to stop their immoral behavior. It will warn other women to not imitate/do what you people of Jerusalem are doing.

‌ʻE pehē ʻa ʻeku fakangata ʻae fai fakalielia mei he fonua, koeʻuhi ke ako ʻaki ia ki he kau fefine kotoa pē, ke ʻoua naʻa fai ʻo hangē ko hoʻo mo fakalielia.

49 [people of Jerusalem] will be punished for your immoral behavior and for your worshiping idols. Then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, [have the power to do what I say that I will do].”

Pea te nau totongi kiate kimoua ʻa hoʻomo fakalielia, pea te mo fua ʻekimoua ʻae hia ʻa hoʻomo tauhi tamapua; pea te mo ʻilo ko au ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua.”